Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Keywords
law practice, Indian Country, South Dakota, rural, reservations
Disciplines
Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Legal Profession
Abstract
South Dakota’s reservations are rural and suffer from a shortage of lawyers. Relatedly, there are very few Native American licensed attorneys in South Dakota. This essay confronts the rural lawyer shortage on South Dakota’s reservations by documenting the lawyers practicing on South Dakota’s reservations. In addition, this essay addresses the access to justice crisis amplified on South Dakota’s reservations by this lawyer shortage. The essay provides some insight into the difficulties of placing more lawyers onto the reservations, while also offering potential pathways to remedy this crisis.
Publication Title
69 SOUTH DAKOTA LAW REVIEW 437
DOI
http://doi.org/10.70657/SDLR.V69.I3.437
Recommended Citation
Bryce Drapeaux & Hannah Haksgaard, Indian Country Lawyers: A Rural South Dakota Survey, 69 S.D. L. Rev. 437 (2024).
